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Although by far the majority of citizens and political movements are in favour of European unity, the latter is by no means proceeding apace with political, strategic and economic requirements. The cause is to be sought in the institutional mechanisms – at once too weak, too oligarchic and too bureaucratic – which have paved the way towards European unity thus far. The idea behind the conference «The Europe of liberalism and open society» is to rethink these mechanisms in a liberal direction. More than a mere economic theory, liberalism has been and is a vision of people, of society and of political institutions. Its contribution of ideas may prove vital for the attainment of European unity.